Future of robotic surgery

Cancer Journal (United States)

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-119

  Lendvay, Thomas Sean ^a   Hannaford, Blake ^a   Satava, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Oncologic procedures; Robotic surgery; Simulation; Telementoring

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTIC SURGERY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TELEMONITORING; TELESURGERY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876138603     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PPO.0b013e31828bf822     Document Type: Review

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